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Today I toured the town of Wurzburg, which is where the often traveled by tourists "Romantic Road" begins. Along with taking an English tour of the city, which ended up being a private tour as I was the only one who signed-up, I took a tour of the Wurzburg Residence, a UNESCO heritage site, which is a baroque palace of prince-bishops.<br><br>The Residence took 60 years to build and at one time there were 400 people ...

... thing I did notice were the German "rest stops". Unlike those we know in the US, these are simply pullovers and nothing else. Nothing else except men peeing along the side of the road, in broad daylight. Come on Germany- Let's invest in some restrooms! At least one of those McClean pay ones would be an improvement.

... and felt the need to tell meaningless jokes and teach drinking songs. <br><br>We had local german beer on the return bus trip, you wouldn't see that in the US. <br><br>After dinner we went to the lounge to participate in a trivia game. We lost. No surprises there. The big surprise was a woman who is 77 said she would pole dance and she DID! Hysterical. Who knew this crowd could get so rowdy.

... between Budapest and Amsterdam.<br>We&#8217;re now traveling on the Main River. We&#8217;ve seen many swans and ducks on the river and the hills have many vineyards. After lunch we docked at Wurzburg , another picturesque town with many church spires and a fortress on the hill. The river is crossed by another old stone bridge with large statues of Bishop Princes and saints lining the sides of the bridge.<br><br>

The fourth biggest city in Germany, with over one million inhabitants, Cologne (Köln in German) began life as a Roman colony or colonia (hence its name). Its location on the Rhine, at the heart of Germania, was key to its status as capital of the province. The city became a centre for worship, famous for the legend and cult of Santa Ursula, and built several splendid Romanesque churches, which survive today. <br><br>By the Middle Ages, Cologne was one of ...

... job, well done.<br><br>We then strolled through the town, took a look in the two main churches and then headed out looking for a camp ground.<br><br>We found one just outside of the town, it is along a canal with barges going up and down the waterways and rows and rows of vineyards on the hill sides. Just a beautiful setting. We had diner in town so we just set up for the night with our canopy us. It looks like rain again.

... been there longer, so I understand why we were hurried. I am glad we took the tour, though, because it gave us a better understanding of how life really was at Dachau for the prisoners. It's a pretty important thing to understand, I think. <br>It's still difficult to comprehend, though, that something like that could happen. Kevin compared it to Guantanamo Bay, and in a way, he had a good point about some of the similarities. I won't go through his whole argument, but ...

... we certainly had a lot of fun.  I took the video camera and filmed the staff introducing them however once again I started of with the cap on but we figured that one out pretty quickly as I couldn&#8217;t see anything much to the amusement of the people around.  Still had lunch at 12.30 but must admit didn&#8217;t eat as much because we weren&#8217;t that hungry.  We docked at about 1.30 and left the ...

... AGAIN while we were trying to find the Marienberg Fortress on top of a hill. We did find it, and yes, it started raining hard! We got our umbrellas and jackets and went for a walk around the wall of the fortress as well as the vineyard. It would have been nicer without the rain, but we all enjoyed it anyway. Then, we were on our way to Bamberg ....

... m above sea level at Hanau. The river Mainin its natural state is a fast-moving stream unsuitable for shipping.In the 19th century the river was tamed and a system of dams and locksis now part of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal connecting the North Sea with the Black Sea<br><br>Lohr is said to be Snow White's possible birthplace.<br>